BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:GVSU Events Calendar
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART:20120730T080000
DTEND:20120730T170000
LOCATION:Red Wall Gallery\, Lake Ontario Hall
DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis ethnographic photography exhibition by Amy Masko\, Assistant Professor of English at Grand Valley State University\, is the result of her research project investigating the life of Nana Otu\, a young Fraanketanyi\, and a flag dancer in Asafo No. 1 Company in Cape Coast Ghana. Historically the Asafos served as militia groups. Today the groups perform exclusively as part of spiritual rituals.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nThe photographs illustrate the life of the Asafo. The exhibit highlights the Fetu Afeye Festival\, a harvest festival held in Cape Coast every August. The Asafo play a significant role in this festival\, holding spiritual rituals to bless the lagoon for bountiful fishing\, burning cleansing fires to clear negative spirits\, and holding drumming rituals to communicate with the ancestors.
SUMMARY:The Asafo of Ghana":" A Life History of an Asafo Flag Dancer
PRIORITY:3
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR